Jacob Broom

Jacob Broom (25 July 1808-28 November 1864) was a member of the US House of Representatives (A-PA 4) from 4 March 1855 to 3 March 1857, succeeding William H. Witte and preceding Henry M. Phillips.

Biography
Jacob Broom was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1808, and he moved to Philadelphia in 1819. Broom became a lawyer in 1832 and became deputy auditor of Pennsylvania in 1840 and clerk of the Philadelphia Orphans' Court from 1848 to 1852; he also served in the US House of Representatives from 1855 to 1857 as a member of the nativist Know Nothings. He died in 1864.